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UPDATE 7 p.m. Highway 97 is being closed between Loon Lake Road north of the Highway 99 junction and Chasm (north of Clinton), and an evacuation alert issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District for an area of the highway south of Clinton has become an evacuation order. The highway closure and new evacuation order are […]

This weekend (July 24 to 26), Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Country Fest returns to Albion Fairgrounds. It’s been held here, under a variety of names, dates, and with different attractions, since 1901. The first fair was traditional. There were competitions for livestock, produce, pickled vegetables, and what was referred to as “ladies work,” along with a

Hours after Langford’s first Pride crosswalk was painted in 2024, it was vandalized – twice. For Coun. Kimberley Guiry, what she remembers isn’t the act itself, but how the students who advocated for the crosswalk responded. “I get really emotional, because they were so amazing,” she said. “They showed up in that moment of being

As an imminent temporary protection order threatens to dry out farms along the Salmon River Valley amid serious drought conditions, farmers in Silver Creek are wondering what can be done in the short-term to keep their farms viable, while questioning the long-term planning that has allowed the river to become depleted. The BC Cattlemen’s Association

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has expanded an evacuation order west of Clinton due to the Pear Lake wildfire, and BC Hydro is warning of the possibility of power fluctuations due to threats to the Kelly Lake substation in the order area. At 11 p.m. on Thursday (July 23), the TNRD expanded an evacuation order